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The fact of the matter is right now politicians and insurance companies are making decisions. We're saying we want doctors to be making decisions. And I think that will lead to a higher-quality, lower-cost system over time.

From Peter Orszag

The most important thing for small businesses is getting the economy back on its feet. That - the key driver of small business activity is demand for their product, and that is what we are trying to do, getting the economy back on its feet. That's far more important than other factors.

From Peter Orszag

There've been times where I wondered whether it was worth continuing in my own education.

From Peter Orszag

For example, I was privileged to be working at the White House under the Clinton administration and had not finished my Ph.D., and I thought I was the cat's meow.

From Peter Orszag

Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.

From Peter Orszag

My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.

From Peter Orszag

It is a foregone opportunity that we could have a trillion dollars more of income for the United States if we were producing at capacity rather than falling so far short of it.

From Peter Orszag

Defense spending as a share of the economy dropped significantly during the early 1990s, and that was one of the things, along with other policy changes, that put us back on the path to a balanced budget.

From Peter Orszag

I have young kids. The fiscal burden that will be imposed on them is going to depend primarily on whether we tackle this looming problem in our health care system - with rising costs that don't seem, by the way, to be necessarily associated with higher quality. That is the key burden that they will face.

From Peter Orszag

Social Security faces a long-term actuarial deficit, yes.

From Peter Orszag

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